by Fr Mike Maguire
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Recently, the 'under 5's' went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The under 5's are a group of Westminster deacons and priests who have been ordained less than five years, meeting a few times a year with Fr Gerard Sk...
The late, great Cardinal Basil Hume OSB, when ordaining new priests in the Diocese of Westminster, used always to remark on how people would presume that the men being ordained had been tested to see if they were strong enough. No, suggested Dom B...
Given at the Mass of ordination of permanent deacons at Westminster Cathedral on 8
My brothers and sisters, it's a well-established and rich part of our tradition and heritage of faith that we begin each day with a morning offering. My mother...
'Thy Kingdom Come!' These three words stand at the heart of Christian prayer. Thankfully, they have stood at the heart of much prayer in these last eight days, a prayer shared openly and deliberately by many Christians of different churches and tr...
In a few minutes, in the Eucharistic Prayer of our Mass today, we shall say 'You are indeed Holy, O Lord and you never cease to gather a people to yourself'. Well the Lord has certainly done so today! What a gathering we are! What a joyful gathe...